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Food giveaway sparks ‘joy in the eyes’ of area families
A March 27 distribution sponsored by archdiocesan Nutritional Development Services at Holy Innocents Parish assisted hundreds still facing hunger despite recent stimulus checks.
At start of Minneapolis trial, Catholics pray for peace, fear unrest
A parish church only blocks from the site of the trial for the former police officer charged with murdering George Floyd gathers for daily prayer and is ready to board its windows if necessary.
New Staten Island Ferry boat to be named for Dorothy Day
By 2022 a new vessel of the ferry, which Day took on trips between lower Manhattan and Staten Island, will her bear her name. Her cause for sainthood is progressing.
Birmingham Diocese helping 60 families after spring tornadoes
Catholic Charities is working with dozens of Hispanic families whose homes were destroyed with most possessions and clothing lost, and language presenting a barrier to relief aid.
Jesus takes on human suffering to draw close to us, pope says
More amazing than the fact that Jesus "achieves glory through humiliation," said Pope Francis on Palm Sunday, is that he endures pain "for us, to plumb the depths of our human experience, all our evil."
Suicide bombing disrupts Palm Sunday at Indonesian cathedral
A suicide bomb attack at Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral shattered the calm of Palm Sunday Mass, leaving two bombers dead and at least 20 people wounded.
After Bloody Saturday, Myanmar Catholics pray for peace amid tears
While Catholics in Myanmar observed Palm Sunday, many in the Buddhist-majority country were crying at the funerals of at least 114 people killed by security forces the previous day.
More needed to combat financial crime at Vatican, pope says
Signaling further reforms of the Vatican City State especially for financial crimes, Pope Francis said the laws must do away with historic "privileges" that are not in keeping with "building up the church."
Virtual talk on Passover’s link to crucifixion hosted March 29
Roy Schoeman, a Catholic convert from Judaism, will explain how God's perfect plan for salvation depended on both Judaism and the Catholic Church, resulting on their convergence on Good Friday.
Passover invites Christians to recognize their Jewish roots
The annual holiday, which commemorates the Israelites' divine liberation from slavery, is an opportunity for "learning in dialogue" between the Jewish and Christian faiths, say local scholars.